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Beneath The Surface: Exploring Endospore-Forming Bacteria In Brassica Seeds, Emmy Formiga
Beneath The Surface: Exploring Endospore-Forming Bacteria In Brassica Seeds, Emmy Formiga
WWU Honors College Senior Projects
This study investigates the effects of endophytes, which are bacteria that reside within plants, on germination rates and growth of seeds in the Brassicaceae family. Brassicas, which are plants in the cabbage family, are widely grown in the Skagit Valley. Most of the Brassicaceae seed grown in the United States comes from the area surrounding Bellingham. Because of this, it is important to study the seed microbiome. Researchers have discovered that endophytes can defend plants against pathogenic invasions, as well as unfavorable environmental conditions. There have also been studies that found that endophytes can affect germination and growth of plants. …
Drought Legacy Interacts With Wildfire To Alter Soil Microbial Communities In A Mediterranean Climate-Type Forest, Anna J. M. Hopkins, Aaron J. Brace, Jess L. Bruce, J. Hyde, J. B. Fontaine, L. Walden, W. Veber, K. X. Ruthrof
Drought Legacy Interacts With Wildfire To Alter Soil Microbial Communities In A Mediterranean Climate-Type Forest, Anna J. M. Hopkins, Aaron J. Brace, Jess L. Bruce, J. Hyde, J. B. Fontaine, L. Walden, W. Veber, K. X. Ruthrof
Research outputs 2022 to 2026
Mediterranean forest ecosystems will be increasingly affected by hotter drought and more frequent and severe wildfire events in the future. However, little is known about the longer-term responses of these forests to multiple disturbances and the forests' capacity to maintain ecosystem function. This is particularly so for below-ground organisms, which have received less attention than those above-ground, despite their essential contributions to forest function. We investigated rhizosphere microbial communities in a resprouting Eucalyptus marginata forest, southwestern Australia, that had experienced a severe wildfire four years previously, and a hotter drought eight years previously. Our aim was to understand how microbial …